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Hi, I live in Ontario, Canada and it can get cold here in the winter, -20.
I have a small pond around 200 gal, 24 inches deep. I have some goldfish and
plants (hardy lily, pickeral rush, hyacinth, water iris). At what
temperature should I begin to bring the fish in. As for the plants, which
will...

Hi all, I'm new to this group.
I recently moved and started a wildlife pond. I "borrowed" some
frogspawn, the tadpoles hatched but it looks like none of them are
growing legs. My previous wildlife pond just down the road in the same
locality (Southampton UK) had plenty of tadpoles turning into...

Dont know if some of you may remember me posting. I was one of the ones
that had dirt in my water. Well we had to drain it out, got out all the
rocks in the pond and set it back up again. In the meantime we transferred
our Comets over to a holding tank and lost 3 of them due to the...

We seem to have developed soapy water. The waterfall has been running 24/7
since December and we have no fish in the pond yet. There aren't many plants
at the moment as a friend said he would give us lots but he is off work sick
at the moment, but there are 4 oxygenators under the surface as well...

I have a Danner 1800 gal pump in my 500 gallon pond. It draws from a
skimmer and pushes out to a waterfall w/biofalls. The pump is forever
clogging up and it is getting old having to get the pump out of the pond and
remove the hoses every other week to clear it. (My 'barometer' that its
time to...

I'm a complete novice, so I'm looking for some help
I saw a nice idea for the patio with a rigid liner surrounded by earth/sand,
then sleepers built round it.
However, I wanted our small rigid pond for somewhere else (maybe
semi-raised, as I can't dig much due to illness).
Could the raised...

Can someone tell me what to do? or how to go about encouraging my fish to
come to the surface to feed? Right now they wait for the "floating" pellets
to sink to the bottom before they'll eat.
I know, this is hardly a concern, generally, but my grandkids don't quite
understand why they won't come...

Is it difficult to propgate Water Hyacinths. I understand that they die
off each year and need to be repaced. Is that true? As you can tell,
I am a beginner and I am trying to make a good healthy pond.
Thanks
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Anyone who can help, please contact me asap. I have a large (12-14") Koi,
about 3 years old, that has what appears to be Algae (the long variety, as
opposed to slimy film type) down both sides of the fish, towards the ventral
(underbelly). The left eye also appears to be clouded, although not...

I recently purchased half an old barrel to create a pond. The barrel is
about 90cm in diameter. I originally stocked it with a few plants, some
oxygenating plants and added a small fountain.
However, within a few weeks the water started to smell. I also noticed
a number of small grubs in the water...

Hi,
Was wondering if anyone had any thoughts about instead of using liner
or fibreglass, using bricks (nice ones... :-) and concrete to build a
garden pond with (in the ground, not raised). Would it even be water
proof?
Cheers
Richard.

my pond is about one month old, it is about 1200 gallons big. i have a
1500GPM pump and the filter that goes with the pump, (from lowes) the pump
is in the pond and the filter is on top at the start of the water fall in a
black trash can that i cut in half. i dug a hole put the liner in and...

Can someone tell me if i'll be ok building a raised pond out of railway
sleepers, i'm wanting the pond to be 10' x 7' x3'5". anyone got any
suggestions on this, i'll be keeping just a few goldish in the pond
nothing fancy.
PLEASE...

Hello all, I finally found a tub from Tractor Suppy Company. Wondering if
y'all can give me some pointers. The tub is galvanized metal, 6ft in
diameter, 375 gallons. I have a two part question involving pump and heat.
I live in Naples Florida. Is there any issue having an above ground pond...

I have 5 koi, about 15 inches each in my 1300 gallon pond. A couple
days ago, one of the koi was found dead and it had some ulcerations on
its underside near the vent. I checked the other koi and two of them
had what looked like half their lip was disintegrated and red like
bloody meat. Another...